olympic madness

i've decided that the olympics in beijing is more irritating than it is exciting. everything is so much more difficult like getting through the security checks on the subway. i mean, do you realize how many thousands of people pass through the subway systems everyday??? it's crazy. the same goes for traveling outside beijing. since they're limiting the number of foreigners into the city (i.e. people from outside beijing) it's hard for people like us who have foreign passports to get back into the city once we leave. it's horrid! ok maybe i'm just irked at all this olympics stuff. there are good aspects like the reduction in traffic and the cleaning up of the side streets. the only thing is, it's probably all going to go back to the way it was before the olympics. i'm probably jaded but i have a feeling that this is all just a show for the rest of the world.

anywho, enough of that rant. i have exactly 2 weeks until i come back to the US. YAY!! that means i have less than a month until i go back to los angeles! even more YAY! being in beijing is really an exercise. it's hard being away from the saints, i realize. definitely. it's even harder being with my mother all the time. i think one thing that's saved me this time in china is praying for the saints. it doesn't help me any to keep praying for my own situation, in fact it makes me feel worse. but once i start praying for the other members, i feel so much more released. it's good, so Lord keep me praying.

i have this sinking feeling in my heart. i've only been here for 5 days?? impossible it seems. i wish the olympics would just start already. this is really frustrating. there's nothing for me to do here it seems but go wandering around in the city. it's no different from wandering around in LA or san francisco. sigh..

this is crazy. i need to come back to the US. i need to be back in LA.

beginning

the beginning of my "vacation" has started. i'm sitting at SFO waiting for my flight to board which won't happen for another 2 hours. bah so boring. i've decided waiting for flights is a very unnecessarily long and tedious part of traveling. i'm sure many would agree.

falling slowly

besides listening to the song on repeat, i feel like i'm falling. or maybe i've already fallen.

argh...summer needs to end. now. sigh. i wish i were back in LA...

dot dot dot

hmm...haven't used this thing in a long time. maybe time for an update.

i'm bored.

ok, to elaborate, i'm in san jose with 2 days left until i go to china. so i have nothing to do but to wait. well i've been looking online for digital slr's since i'm considering upgrading to something with more manual control. i've pretty much decided on the canon rebel xt. it's pretty cheap for a dSLR and i think it'll do nicely for my level of use. hehe i'll have too much fun with it when it comes. well if i get it. or rather, when i get it. too bad i can't have it for the olympics this august since i'm going to be there anyway. i'm just glad this trip isn't going to be one of those month and a half long ordeals through the jungles of some remote mountain village resulting in a busted knee. no more of that.

speaking of cameras and photography, half moon bay has some very nice spots on the pier for photo taking even by amateurs such as myself. i think i really like that damp, cool, gray coastal weather. it was 62 degrees the day i went. and this is what i came back with:

it was too drab in colour, too washed out by the grayness of the day so i decided a b&w would be more appropriate. i think i was right. anyway, hopefully i'll get the canon slr and have more fun with lighting and exposure and such.